# Aural Fixations

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Aural Fixations
| type       = Studio album
| artist     = [Kim Mitchell](/source/Kim_Mitchell)
| cover      = AuralFixations2.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 7, 1992<ref>"Alert readies release of new Kim Mitchell album". ''[RPM Weekly](/source/RPM_(magazine))''. March 14, 1992. Volume 55, No. 12. p. 2.</ref>
| recorded   = 
| venue      =
| studio     = Cherry Beach Sound, His Master's Workshop, The Millbrook Mudroom
| genre      = Rock
| length     = 55:56
| label      = [Alert](/source/Alert_Records) (Canada)<br />Fresh Fruit/[SPV](/source/SPV_GmbH) (Europe)
| producer   = [Kim Mitchell](/source/Kim_Mitchell), [John Webster](/source/John_Webster_(musician))
| prev_title = [I Am a Wild Party (Live)](/source/I_Am_a_Wild_Party_(Live))
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [Itch](/source/Itch_(Kim_Mitchell_album))
| next_year  = 1994
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = European cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = AuralFixations.gif
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r171210|first=Roch|last=Parisien}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal](/source/Martin_Popoff)''
| rev2Score = 4/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing) | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=283|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
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'''''Aural Fixations''''' is the fifth album from Canadian singer and guitarist [Kim Mitchell](/source/Kim_Mitchell). The album was released in 1992 and is certified gold in Canada. This is the first Kim Mitchell album (including the five [Max Webster](/source/Max_Webster) studio albums) that does not include songs co-written with [Pye Dubois](/source/Pye_Dubois).

==Track listing==
All songs written by [Kim Mitchell](/source/Kim_Mitchell) and Jim Chevalier, except where indicated
# "World's Such a Wonder" – 4:57
# "Pure as Gold" <small>(Mitchell, [Moe Berg](/source/Moe_Berg_(musician)))</small> – 5:13
# "Big Smoke" <small>(Mitchell, [Andy Curran](/source/Andy_Curran_(musician)))</small> – 6:08
# "America" – 4:27
# "Some Folks" – 4:40
# "Find the Will" – 4:53
# "There's a Story" – 4:37
# "Dreamer" – 4:11
# "Dog and a Bone" <small>(Mitchell, Curran)</small> – 4:44
# "Flames" – 5:13
# "Hullabaloo" – 4:06
# "Honey Forget Those Blues" <small>(Mitchell)</small> – 2:28

==Personnel==
;Musicians
*[Kim Mitchell](/source/Kim_Mitchell) – rhythm and lead guitar, vocals, producer
*Bobby Edwards, Jim Taite, Mike Francis, Rob Pilch, [Bernie LaBarge](/source/Bernie_LaBarge) – guitars (track 12)
*Orest Sushco – [dulcimer](/source/Appalachian_dulcimer)
*[John Webster](/source/John_Webster_(musician)) – [keyboards](/source/electronic_keyboard), producer
*[Spider Sinnaeve](/source/Ken_Sinnaeve) – bass
*Greg Critchley – drums
*Peter Fredette, Rob Bertola – background vocals

;Production
*Arrangements by Kim Mitchell, Todd Booth and John Webster, except track 12 arranged by Bobby Edwards
*Recorded by [Mark Wright](/source/Mark_Wright_(record_producer))
*Recording assisted by Eric Abrahams (Cherry Beach), Bob Shindle (Cherry Beach "Big Room"), Orest Sushco and Eric Lambi (His Master's Workshop)
*Mixed by Joe Hardy at [Ardent Studios](/source/Ardent_Studios), Memphis, Tennessee
*Mastered by [Bob Ludwig](/source/Bob_Ludwig) at [Masterdisk](/source/Masterdisk)
*W. Tom Berry – executive producer, management

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.kimmitchell.ca

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Category:1992 albums
Category:Kim Mitchell albums
Category:Alert Records albums

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